Rockland man en route to lottery to cash winning scratch ticket

This may be among the more unusual excuses to try to get out of a speeding ticket.

When Scott Lowe, 22, of Rockland, was pulled over by Hingham police Thursday morning for allegedly speeding through town, he told the officer he had just won $50,000 on a Massachusetts State Lottery scratch ticket and was going to lottery headquarters in Braintree to claim it.

The "driver was shaking," Hingham police said in a Twitter post. "He showed him (the police officer) the scratch ticket.

In fact, Lowe had won $50,000 on a $2 scratch ticket purchased in Hanover, the lottery said. Lowe did get to Braintree and cashed in his prize.

Hingham police continued Lowe's run of good luck by issuing just a verbal warning and urging him to drive safely. "Today was really his lucky day," the department posted to Twitter.